Girl, 15, held while awaiting foster care

A TROUBLED 15-year-old girl who has been using drugs and has gone missing 25 times this year has been further remanded in custody until Friday pending efforts to place her into foster care.

The girl, who is being held in custody in Oberstown Girls’ Centre after she breached a probation bond, was yesterday further remanded in custody by the Dublin Children’s Court pending efforts by the HSE to put her into foster care.

Judge Anne Ryan heard that the girl consented to being held while her foster placement is arranged.